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A14
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Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Saturday, July 11, 2015
Central Division
Head, Senior Superin-
tendent Johnny Abra-
ham, appeared on this
week s Crime Watch
programme to address
the recent upsurge of
crime in Todd s Road.
Abaham told host Ian
Alleyne that he intended
to increase police patrols
in the community in a
bid to curb the rising
gang warfare afflicting
the remote Central vil-
lage.
He said, however, that
he did not want more
reprisal shootings and he
asked members of the
public to notify the police
of any suspicious char-
acters and/or activities
taking place in the area.
Abraham was referring
to the latest killing on
July 8 of PH taxi-driver
Otis Murphy, 47.
At about 9.15 am on
that day, three gunmen
stormed Murphy s Todd s
Road, Chaguanas, home
and opened fire on him.
The men then escaped in
a waiting vehicle.
Murphy was taken to
the Chaguanas Health
Facility where he died
while being treated.
Alleyne went to Todd s
Road where he inter-
viewed several residents,
including family mem-
bers, who all expressed
outrage at Murphy s
murder.
Many described Mur-
phy as a kind and hard-
working individual who
"minded" his own busi-
ness.
Relatives called on
Alleyne to assist in the
investigations and ensure
the suspects were arrest-
ed.According to Abraham,
it is believed that Mur-
phy s murder was a
reprisal for a shooting
incident in which Nigel
John, 28, was killed and
two others injured.
Alleyne reported that
onJuly2atabout8pm,
John, his relatives Isaiah
and Jonathan Hall, 18, all
of Hall s Trace, Todd s
Road, were liming at a
roadside parlour along
the Main Road when a
silver Nissan Wingroad
pulled up and a backseat
passenger fired several
shots at them.
All three men were
taken to the Chaguanas
Health Facility where
John subsequently died.
Jonathan and Isaiah Hall
were later transferred to
the Eric Williams Medical
Sciences Complex, Mt
Hope, where they were
treated and warded in
critical condition.
Alleyne spoke to John s
relatives, who described
the incident as "mad-
ness."
Alleyne said he was
reliably informed that
both incidents, although
they did not occur in the
Enterprise community,
were suspected to be
linked to the ongoing
Enterprise gang warfare
between factions who
allegedly frequent the
Todd s Road area.
Alleyne promised to
smoke out the gang
members who were
causing turmoil in both
Todd s Road and Enter-
prise.
Alleyne also showed a
video of his visit to
Enterprise last Saturday
(July 4), where he walked
the streets together with
Prime Minister Kamla
Persad-Bissessar, acting
Police Commissioner
Stephen Williams and
Chief of Defence Staff
Major General Kenrick
Maharaj during an
impromptu visit to the
area.
The walkabout was
prompted by the recent
upsurge of shootings and
murders in the area by
gunmen of rival gangs
that have placed residents
under siege.
Alleyne also met with
Independent Liberal
Party leader Jack Warner,
who was also engaged in
a walkabout in the area
that same day.
In highlighting the
gang warfare situation
the previous week,
Alleyne had made a call
to Persad-Bissessar to
intervene and visit Enter-
prise in an attempt to
restore peace, law and
order.
Residents of Enterprise
said they strongly
believed the Prime Min-
ister heeded Alleyne s
call.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar greets Crime
Watch host Ian Alleyne during her tour of Enterprise,
Chaguanas, last Saturday. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZ
Extra patrols as Todd's Road gets 'hot'
On Monday, Alleyne vowed to continue his
investigations into the murder of 17-year-old
Tylon Dyer, who was shot at his Princes Town
home earlier that same day (July 6).
Dyer, a steel fabricator of Moruga Road, Petit
Cafe, was killed by gunmen allegedly searching
for one of his relatives, who was not home at the
time.
Alleyne disclosed that Dyer's relative, along
with two other men, was released from prison in
June after a murder charge against them was
dismissed at the Princes Town Magistrates
Court.
Alleyne called on anyone who may have
information on Dyer's murder to contact him at
294-4081 or 290-4426.
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
Tylon Dyer